Diablo Series News

Blizzard has declared Diablo III the fastest-selling PC game of all time, selling 3.5 million copies within the first 24 hours, and boasting over 6.3 million players within the week.

Blizzard is investigating reports that Diablo III accounts are being hacked and stripped, even if the user is 'protected' by a Battle.net Authenticator. For now, it says to hold tight and authenticate up.

The normal Diablo III experience is now a memory. How should you prepare for Nightmare? The monk offers 10 tips for making the experience just a bit easier.

As a monk is wont to do, I reflect on my travels in Diablo III to this point in Act II. Warning: Spoilers may be included, so read on at your own risk.

Diablo 3 players have found a secret area called "Whimsyshire," a cheeky joke at the fears of too much color in the game.

At level 19, my monk Darkartiste has been punishing evil in Diablo III for 13 hours now. It's at that unlucky hour mark that all his training flies out the window during Act II.

Blizzard has apologies for the troubles that plagued Diablo III's overloaded servers at launch. While it says everything is now "online and running relatively smoothly," it's decided to delay the real-money auction house until all's swell.

Some Diablo 3 players are reporting missing Achievements. Blizzard blames this on server overload, and says the achievements aren't deleted, just not coming back from the server fast enough to display.

In the second installment of my Diablo 3 diary, my monk Darkartiste has hit level 10 and opens up the ability to being crafting armor and weapons.

My monk Darkartiste is descending into the depths on hell to save New Tristram and its inhabitants from the demonic hordes. Join him as he channels his inner kung-fu in his Diablo III diaries.

Turns out, Diablo III is pretty popular. So popular, in fact, that the servers have been overloaded by the flood of clickmaniacs. Still, there as some good news, as Blizzard is helping out Australian pre-orderers after retailer GAME ditched them but kept their money.

Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson was also surprised by the lengthy development time of the upcoming RPG release. "It just took a lot longer than I had anticipated," he admitted. "I was surprised by how long it took to reach it."

With Diablo III launching tomorrow, Blizzard has explained its plans for online character profiles, as well as how the 'Starter Edition' demo will be limited with guest passes at first.

With Diablo III actually, genuinely, seriously launching next week, Blizzard has released a six-minute animated trailer showing the angels of the High Heavens throwing down against the demons of the Burning Hells.

Blizzard has been teasing one more special unveiling prior to the May 15 release of Diablo 3. They finally let us know of Diablo 3: Wrath, a 2D animated short to be unlocked once the game's reveal site hits 100 percent.